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Everyone to the lifeboats
Author: BobR    Date: 10/24/2008 12:28:56

With just over a week left in the campaign, the weirdness is really starting to kick in. The rats are fleeing the sinking ship, and the true supporters for the apparent loser are getting increasingly desperate. Every news item leaves the mind further agog.

The news yesterday that former Bush press secretary Scottie McClellan supports Obama was both shocking and banal. Everyone kind of assumed it, but it was surprising to hear him say it out loud. He joins Colin Powell in the "former Bushies for Obama" club.

What's even less surprising and yet still disgusting are the number of pundits that have carried water for the Bush Administration for so long who are seeing the writing on the wall and jumping on the Obama bandwagon:
Noted Bush-supporting former Trotskyite Christopher Hitchens has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president! In Slate today, the beloved British alcoholic raves about how Obama isn't a sad old man, like McCain...
[...]
Atlantic blogger Andrew Sullivan was once a very prominent, very influential conservative. As recently as last year, even as he largely abandoned Bush, he was still complimenting McCain. Now, not so much.

Times columnist David Brooks scarcely deserves to be called an intellectual, but as we're using that term strictly to mean "East Coast elitists who write about politics professionally" he'll have to do. This "I'm disappointed in McCain but he'll be a good president" column was but a prelude to Brooks' statement during an interview that Obama was a perceptive intellectual surrounded by impressive people and Sarah Palin is a cancer.

Christopher Buckley was hardly a doctrinaire conservative. As a satirical novelist and a smart-ass, one imagines he's not too pleased with the rise of creationist rubes in his beloved GOP...

The writer goes on to show how Charles Krauthammer and Ross Douthat are unimpressed with McCain, and grudgingly accept that Obama would be a good president.

But while those who need face time on the TV machine or column space in a magazine to earn a living have decided to follow their paychecks instead of their beliefs, the true believers are digging in. The story that will likely be the biggest over the next few days is the McCain campaign worker who claims that a scary negro mugged her and carved a "B" in her face:
This weird, hysterical story got the MONSTER GIANT THREE-DECK SIREN treatment on Drudge for part of the afternoon, and then it was mysteriously downgraded to a little link on the side. Maybe that’s because the original sensational claim was just a little too perfect (for McCain) to survive scrutiny: That this loyal 20-year-old McCain phone bank volunteer in (of course) Pennsylvania was robbed at an ATM last night because, uh, she had a McCain bumper sticker on her car, parked nearby we guess? So the liberal mugger negro took her sixty bucks and MUTILATED HER WITH A KNIFE.

Oh, and the mutilation was political, because the criminal Obama supporter CARVED A LETTER IN HER FACE!

B!

For “B”arack Obama, of course!

http://wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/uhh.jpg


... and - of course - the "B" is backwards, as if someone had been looking in a mirror when doing the "carving" (and just how dull was that knife? It looks like it didn't even break the skin). Where's the swelling from the "beating"? Idiots have tried this ruse before, and the truth always comes out.

From the stupid to the downright scary, the Ohio Sec. of State office has been getting threats and cyber attacks:
Roberts spoke with Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, who has had her official state website hacked and has even been receiving death threats. A Monday press release from Brunner's office stated, "In recent weeks, phone lines and e-mail channels have been barraged, even in the business filings section of the office, with menacing messages and even threats of harm or death. Last week, a suspicious package covered with threatening messages and containing an unidentified powder was mailed to the Secretary of State's office via the previous location of the Client Services Center."

"Veterans in my office ... said they've never seen anything like this," Brunner told Roberts. "It's very unfortunate. It seems like there's an effort to shake the confidence of voters."

Roberts noted that even though the Supreme Court said Brunner isn't required to make the lists of new registrations available to the GOP for possible challenges at polling places, Republicans have continued pressing for her to turn them over voluntarily.

Perhaps there's something in the Great Lakes water. A clerk in the elections office in Franklin, IN distributed letters calling Obama a "Black Hitler":
A Republican county election clerk distributed copies of an apparent chain letter referring to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as a "young, black Adolf Hitler" to two employees but later told police she intended it to be a joke.

The employees, who had voted for Obama in Indiana's Democratic primary, discovered the letters at their desks after returning from Labor Day weekend, Deputy Sheriff Doug Cox said in a police report made public this week. One of the workers complained, and surveillance video showed Johnson County Clerk Jill Jackson placing an item one worker's desk at 5:27 p.m. on the Friday of Labor Day weekend, Cox said.

"She admitted to being responsible for the letter, but only did it as a joke," Cox said. Jackson told police she had intended to speak with the workers upon returning to work but forgot.
[...]
The letter does not mention Obama by name but makes references to his ties to a Chicago church whose pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, adheres to black liberation theology. It is heavy with racial references, criticizing the candidate's parentage with such comments as, "He is proud of his 'African heritage' (a father who got a white girl pregnant and deserted her)" and asking, "Where is the pride in his 'White heritage?'"

The unsigned letter urges readers to send it to everyone they know.

"The U.S. citizens are just not ready to give up their country to this young, black 'Adolf Hitler' with a smile, poor direction and absolutely no experience!" it said.

OH... It's a "joke"... HA-HA! NOW I get it... It's Republican humor - it's not supposed to be funny.

This is the crescendo folks, the final scene. Just over a week now for all the desperate crazies to get their last punches in, and all the opportunists to play Brutus and stab McCain in the back on the way to the lifeboats. We can take it, can't we?

Yes we can.

 

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Comment by Grumpymann on 10/24/2008 12:42:18
That attacl story is fucked up.

Comment by TriSec on 10/24/2008 12:48:19
Morning, folks!



Did we hear the financial news on the way in this morning? I posted this in the overnight blog:







Did everyone hear the news this morning that overnight trading hit the circuit breaker? Dow futures were down 550, and trading was halted.



There's talk it may make it to 7,000 today, which would trigger an automatic hold for an hour.





Methinks this doesn't bode well.







Comment by Grumpymann on 10/24/2008 12:55:48


Comment by Grumpymann on 10/24/2008 12:58:54
Comment by BobR on 10/24/2008 13:07:08
Quote by TriSec:

Morning, folks!



Did we hear the financial news on the way in this morning? I posted this in the overnight blog:



Did everyone hear the news this morning that overnight trading hit the circuit breaker? Dow futures were down 550, and trading was halted.



There's talk it may make it to 7,000 today, which would trigger an automatic hold for an hour.



Methinks this doesn't bode well.





I'm glad my company is privately owned, not publicly traded. The bear market could still cause problems for sales, and my 401k is taking a beating, but at least I feel pretty secure in my job.



Comment by Scoopster on 10/24/2008 13:19:53
Quote by BobR:

Quote by TriSec:

Morning, folks!



Did we hear the financial news on the way in this morning? I posted this in the overnight blog:



Did everyone hear the news this morning that overnight trading hit the circuit breaker? Dow futures were down 550, and trading was halted.



There's talk it may make it to 7,000 today, which would trigger an automatic hold for an hour.



Methinks this doesn't bode well.





I'm glad my company is privately owned, not publicly traded. The bear market could still cause problems for sales, and my 401k is taking a beating, but at least I feel pretty secure in my job.


Same thing here - the company is still under 10 employees and we're actually still doing OK, though sales will probably be down compared to Oct. 07..



And of course, no 401k, no pension.. I'm thinking I might buy up some of these new bonds the State of RI issued today, depending on the interest rate.

Comment by Scoopster on 10/24/2008 13:26:31
And ohohoho! Alan Greenspan!



Mr. Ayn Rand hisself!



Fundamental flaw indeed! The same flaw that runs through all of Rand's philosophy that I've been saying whenever the topic of Rand or objectivism came up - she ONLY attributes human greed to her destroyers, not to her creators or her collective.

Comment by TriSec on 10/24/2008 13:35:47
Down 425 right out of the gate...





Comment by TriSec on 10/24/2008 13:40:56
Checking the polls this morning....Montana has flipped!



It's only 3 electoral votes, but still....this state was solid red until a few days ago.





Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 13:41:11
Good morning!

Comment by TriSec on 10/24/2008 13:41:39
And from the same site...THEY DID IT!!!



Indiana is Blue!!!



:party:





Comment by Grumpymann on 10/24/2008 13:48:56
They both had "work done"

Comment by Grumpymann on 10/24/2008 13:51:24
Between God and 911 the Rethugs have no relation to reality.

Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 13:52:40
yesterday I read that Georgia was only down by 2 points.

Comment by Grumpymann on 10/24/2008 13:56:54
Comment by Scoopster on 10/24/2008 14:00:58
WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!



http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b198/skewpster/iwish-2.jpg


Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 14:01:49
Markets down by 250 right now. Nope, make that 300... you can't type this stuff fast enough!

Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 14:04:56
Quote by Grumpymann:

911 call story.


OMG.



Another McCain boy that has a very bad temper.

Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 14:07:22
Comment by Scoopster on 10/24/2008 14:11:52
Heh..



http://www.drawger.com/zinasaunders/images/Playing-House.jpg


Comment by Grumpymann on 10/24/2008 14:12:01
Off to make breakfast.

(portobello marinated in cellotro, teriaki, malt vinegar, on whole wheat bread, with dill aoli and blue cheese.)



Cost: 2 bucks!



Home made.

Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 14:12:47
caller is a LIAR! Rebekkah would NEVER say that to anyone!

Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 14:13:29
:yadda::yadda::yadda::yadda::yadda:



:rolleyes2:

Comment by Grumpymann on 10/24/2008 14:13:52
Hazballa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 14:14:17
Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 14:14:43
Quote by Grumpymann:

Hazballa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


:rofl:





Comment by velveeta jones on 10/24/2008 14:15:29
Good morning my fellow Husseins!



This caller is an ASS! I am sure this caller IS a Moran! :D

Comment by Grumpymann on 10/24/2008 14:15:37
hizballah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by m-hadley on 10/24/2008 14:16:19
Yeah Rebekah!

You go Grrrrrl!

Cheers,

mfaye



:gobama:

Comment by Shane-O on 10/24/2008 14:16:22
I SO LOVE REBZ!!!!!

Comment by Grumpymann on 10/24/2008 14:17:47
Blakeman is an ass.





Comment by Grumpymann on 10/24/2008 14:18:35
I want to give her a fat guy hug!

Rebecka

Comment by TriSec on 10/24/2008 14:18:45
I think Jim just killed Chris...





Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 14:21:21
Insider advantage Poll:

Senate Race, Presidential Race Both Toss-Ups In Georgia



(10/24/08) A new InsiderAdvantage / Poll Position survey shows Georgia is a toss-up state in both the U.S. Senate and presidential campaigns.



In the presidential race, Barack Obama has a slight edge over John McCain, although it is within the margin of error. In the U.S. Senate race, Saxby Chambliss has a 2-point edge over Jim Martin, although it, too, is within the margin of error.



The two polls were conducted last night, each with 615 registered, likely voters. The margin of error for both is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.



The results:



Presidential

Obama, 48 percent

McCain, 47 percent


Other, 2 percent

Undecided, 3 percent



U.S. Senate

Chambliss, 44 percent

Martin, 42 percent

Buckley, 2 percent

Undecided, 12 percent

Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 14:22:06
Quote by velveeta jones:

Good morning my fellow Husseins!



This caller is an ASS! I am sure this caller IS a Moran! :D


I agree. series. :P

Comment by TriSec on 10/24/2008 14:22:23
I'm sorry Sen. Obama...TriSec is going to move into "smug" mode at this time.



(Don't worry; I'm not slacking off on any of the work we're doing here.)



I mean personally, this is me now:



http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/images/basking_turtle.jpg




Yep, I'm stretched out in the sun, and all the right-wing crap is just rolling off my back.



Neener-neener-NEENER!





Comment by TriSec on 10/24/2008 14:26:09
Quote by Raine:





The results:



Presidential

Obama, 48 percent

McCain, 47 percent


Other, 2 percent

Undecided, 3 percent



U.S. Senate

Chambliss, 44 percent

Martin, 42 percent

Buckley, 2 percent

Undecided, 12 percent






*sigh*



I wish Bob Barr wasn't such an ass.



I think the Libertarian Party has about $50 in their campaign fund. Instead of running around complaining about the debates, or the ballots in Texas, or ten million other useless things, we all might have been better served if their meager budget was thrown into his home state. If Bob could have polled even 5% in Georgia, it could have flipped more convincingly.



But still, within the margin of error is usually considered "tied". Keep pushing!







Comment by Shane-O on 10/24/2008 14:26:22
Quote by Raine:

Quote by velveeta jones:

Good morning my fellow Husseins!



This caller is an ASS! I am sure this caller IS a Moran! :D


I agree. series. :P






Comment by TriSec on 10/24/2008 14:30:03
From Blue Mass Group:



Bill Weld (formerly R-MA) to endorse Obama



"Big Red" was governor in our fair commonwealth after Gov. Dukakis. I've always had a soft spot for the big fella; he's one of two Republicans I have actually voted for. (circa 1990)



You all know who the other one was.





Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 14:38:42
Go Georgia!!!



That would ALMOST as amazing as the Giants winning the superbowl!

Comment by m-hadley on 10/24/2008 14:47:31
Quote by Shane-O:

I SO LOVE REBZ!!!!!




You'll have to arm wrestle me for her But I think I have a distinct advantage :P

Cheers,

mfaye



BTB - loved your sound work this morning Mr. Shane-O!







Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/24/2008 14:52:12
Good morning, bloggers!!!



I hope that everyone is doing well today. I have been very busy, but thought I would swing by before getting ready for a substitute teaching interview.



I think that Obama will do well, assuming that the campaign keeps on working hard and that there are no late developments that favor John McCain. However, we should expect the rhetoric from the right wing to be even more heated as the campaign winds down.





Comment by livingonli on 10/24/2008 14:59:31
Good morning everyone.



My day got off to a slow start but I did hear the Savage Weiner fan earlier. The guy is proof of how scrambly the right-wing is especially the ones spreading the lie that Obama is trying to fudge a birth certificate. Considering that people were questioning McCain's citizenship with the whole Canal Zone thing, they may want to seriously reconsider their strategy.





Comment by Shane-O on 10/24/2008 15:01:56
Quote by m-hadley:

Quote by Shane-O:

I SO LOVE REBZ!!!!!




You'll have to arm wrestle me for her But I think I have a distinct advantage :P

Cheers,

mfaye



BTB - loved your sound work this morning Mr. Shane-O!









FAYE!!! - I love you too - I'm so split... How 'bout you, me, and Rebekah go to TGIF's... ;)



Comment by Shane-O on 10/24/2008 15:12:30
Ooops - I broke the blog with my McGreevey reference.... :doh:

Comment by m-hadley on 10/24/2008 15:15:06
Quote by Shane-O:

Quote by m-hadley:

Quote by Shane-O:

I SO LOVE REBZ!!!!!




You'll have to arm wrestle me for her But I think I have a distinct advantage :P

Cheers,

mfaye



BTB - loved your sound work this morning Mr. Shane-O!









FAYE!!! - I love you too - I'm so split... How 'bout you, me, and Rebekah go to TGIF's... ;)





Ohh Shane-O,

Are you suggesting that we all share an order of potato skins? Oooh-la-la, Ha-cha-cha, and va-va-voom - I'll see you in the penatly box. You bring the Capt Morgan, and I'll bring some juice, ice, and limones

Love you too.

Cheers,

mfaye



:gobama:



Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 15:15:31
Does anyone have the email address to the Obama campaign to report hinky voting and problems with voting?

Comment by TriSec on 10/24/2008 15:19:14
Comment by Grumpymann on 10/24/2008 15:21:42
hizballah !!!!

Comment by Raine on 10/24/2008 15:22:08


Thanks Tri! I have been looking for this for a while now!